More and more researchers are trying to do this understand the causes behind the phenomenon known as “clouded brain” and find new treatments to put an end to the implications that persistent Covid has over. It is the case of Jim JacksonDirector of the Department of Mental Health at the ICU Recovery Center of CIBS Center. This organization is dedicated to interprofessional research of the lives of patients and survivors Covid and persistent Covidin addition to other types of neurological diseases such as dementia and delirium.
Through a report issued in the television network American CNN Jackson wanted to show the evolution of one of his patients he is receiving a new treatment against the “mental fog”. Find out more about the project physician and medical correspondent head of the chain Sanjay Gupta came to the CIBS Center to meet Barbara van Meter Nevinsa woman who has since suffered from persistent Covid September 2020.
American television network CNN unveiled a report on Tuesday on a new treatment against “fog =” “mental” = “” post-covid. “=”
A virus “in the brain”
Barbara returned home loaded with several oxygen cylinders. Although he received constant help and was referred to physical therapy, 500 days later I still know he felt bad. She began to lose faith in recovery only 4 weeks after leaving the hospital, when she saw that her situation did not seem to change. She still confesses to feeling like a “virus” it’s taking over your braincreating changes in its structure.
One of the biggest problems people with “brain fog” go through is sensation not being able to pay attention, according to Jackson. Therefore, the priority for his team was to find a way back facilitate the ability to remember working memory. That’s when they thought about it play video games as a treatment.
Video games, allies of memory
Only with 25 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for eight weeks the brains of people with persistent Covid improve. Preliminary investigations show that it would not be necessary to continue using this method for the rest of his life, although all hypotheses are still being worked out. Barbara looks hopeful with this new treatment, even if he wants to continue recovering at a brisk pace.
But could you help the brain changes what causes Covid? This disease is known kills part of the gray matter organ, fully affecting attention to detail and concentration. Until this moment unknown if such great physical changes could exist.
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It’s not the only study pointing to video games as mental health benefits. Researchers of the Karolinska Institutet and Suecia y de la VU University Amsterdam They have reported several positive factors they seem to have in the cognitive abilities in children. The coordination, memory and decision making These are some of the benefits that have been demonstrated in various academic works.